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Chinese characters and Okinawan language

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Difference between Chinese characters and Okinawan language

Chinese characters vs. Okinawan language

Chinese characters are logograms primarily used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese. Central Okinawan, or simply the Okinawan language (沖縄口/ウチナーグチ Uchinaaguchi), is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern half of the island of Okinawa, as well as in the surrounding islands of Kerama, Kumejima, Tonaki, Aguni, and a number of smaller peripheral islands.

Similarities between Chinese characters and Okinawan language

Chinese characters and Okinawan language have 11 things in common (in Unionpedia): Classical Chinese, Hiragana, Japanese dialects, Japanese writing system, Kanbun, Kanji, Katakana, Ryukyu Kingdom, Satsuma Domain, Sound change, Stele.

Classical Chinese

Classical Chinese, also known as Literary Chinese, is the language of the classic literature from the end of the Spring and Autumn period through to the end of the Han Dynasty, a written form of Old Chinese.

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Hiragana

is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and in some cases rōmaji (Latin script).

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Japanese dialects

The dialects of the Japanese language fall into two primary clades, Eastern (including Tokyo) and Western (including Kyoto), with the dialects of Kyushu and Hachijō Island often distinguished as additional branches, the latter perhaps the most divergent of all.

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Japanese writing system

The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.

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Kanbun

, a method of annotating Classical Chinese so that it can be read in Japanese, was used from the Heian period to the mid-20th century.

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Kanji

Kanji (漢字) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system.

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Katakana

is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).

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Ryukyu Kingdom

The Ryukyu Kingdom (Okinawan: Ruuchuu-kuku; 琉球王国 Ryūkyū Ōkoku; Middle Chinese: Ljuw-gjuw kwok; historical English name: Lewchew, Luchu, and Loochoo) was an independent kingdom that ruled most of the Ryukyu Islands from the 15th to the 19th century.

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Satsuma Domain

, also known as Kagoshima Domain, was a Japanese domain of the Edo period.

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Sound change

Sound change includes any processes of language change that affect pronunciation (phonetic change) or sound system structures (phonological change).

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Stele

A steleAnglicized plural steles; Greek plural stelai, from Greek στήλη, stēlē.

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Chinese characters and Okinawan language Comparison

Chinese characters has 278 relations, while Okinawan language has 84. As they have in common 11, the Jaccard index is 3.04% = 11 / (278 + 84).

References

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